Anyone Have Mixes Removed from S0undcl0ud

Yes that happened to me to. Because soundcloud can scan the waveform for copyrighted material. I have been told that this is only for the first track ( but I’m not 100% sure of that ) and that an intro might solve this. Because it makes the waveform different. I don’t think that going pro is a guarantee that it will never happen again. If the artist or record company have a complaint than soundcloud will remove that mix. Even if you have have purchase that track legit. And even if use a tracklist. It also doesn’t matter how long you play that track and if you don’t charge money for your mix.

If you don’t want this to happen then you could use mixcloud. Because there you are obligated to use a tracklist and the artists of the tracks used in that mix will receive royalties for the usage of their tracks. mixcloud also has a lot of traffic, meaning lots of people visit that website. There are also other sites like mixcloud but I don’t know them out the top of my head. But someone else here knows them for sure.

Oh the reason your new mix is still online is because you didn’t use that track any more.

But I like soundcloud a lot. For the same reasons as you. My mixes get more traffic on soundcloud. And I like the look and feel of soundcloud. So this is something that happens when using soundcloud. You are not the only one who has a mix taken down.

Certain labels employ methods of scanning websites for their content. I’ve had mixes and mashups removed from Soundcloud claiming copyright infringement, while my pro plan was activated. The last instance I can recall was a mashup with bass cannon by flux pavilion and a bounty killer (well-known Reggae artist) track. When soundcloud removed the mashup they informed me in their correspondence of infringing material.

Super Fun Time! is right, Mixcloud or possibly mxify.com ar probably your best bet. Mixify is cool because you can host a streaming room, perform to actual listeners and the interface can record your mix for hosting on their site and playback at a later time.

I just started making mashups a few weeks ago. I’m not a DJ and I don’t make dance mixes. I just enjoy taking the instrumental and vocal tracks from different songs and mixing them together. I add in a few decorations and maybe extra bass or drums if they need a little more kick but nothing fancy. My only tool is Audacity. When I make a mashup I also make cover art and then a video mashup to go with it. I was putting my videos on YouTube and somebody suggested I put my songs on SoundCloud. Within 4 hours of uploading my songs on SoundCloud one of them was flagged with a take down. And just yesterday when I uploaded a new video to YouTube it was flagged and blocked, and when I went to check my stats HALF of the videos I uploaded over the past few weeks are now blocked. So I deleted all of my videos on YouTube and SoundCloud.

I have read several legal papers on fair use and from what I can tell what we are doing is legal, and organizations like the EFF are just waiting for someone to be sued by the record companies for what we do so they can represent them. But unfortunately everyone is scared to death of the record companies so nobody wants to take even the smallest chance. It’s a shame. Copyright laws were meant to encourage creativity and reward those who create content, but instead they are used to punish people for being creative and forcing them to be slaves to the corporations.

For every take down notice a puppy dies, the world is a colder place, creativity suffers. Long live mediocrity!

Soundcloud I have found is not DJ friendly. If you upload mixes to soundcloud, you are best uploading ones with no big artists in. I have found smaller names like Savant are ignored, whereas a mix i had with a Skrillex song in was instantly removed.

Mixify is much more DJ-friendly in my honest opinion…

It happens a lot depending on the artist. People like Knife Party and Skrillex tend to do this a lot due to the automatic system. Whereas people who are a bit smaller, like Zomboy or Let’s Be Friends, don’t.